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Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier (not pictured) announced Thursday that he would switch gears and run for the House seat currently held by Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), rather than for the Senate.
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Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier announced Thursday that he would switch gears and run for the House seat currently held by Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), rather than for the Senate.

“It’s time to re-energize the people’s House with new leadership and better solutions. The 7th Congressional District represents the right path, right now, to do my part in helping make America better. The people here deserve a better choice,” Frazier said in a statement.

A military veteran, Frazier lobbied for a right-to-work referendum that appeared on the ballot in Colorado last year. He’s a social moderate and favored a 2006 referendum that would have granted domestic partnership rights to same-sex couples.

Frazier, whose Senate campaign never took off, ranks as a recruiting success for the National Republican Congressional Committee, which didn’t have any serious candidates running against the second-term Democrat.

Blunt outraises Carnahan for second straight quarter

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) chalked up his second consecutive fundraising victory over Democrat Robin Carnahan in the open Missouri Senate race.Blunt outdistanced Carnahan both in third-quarter fundraising and in total campaign cash at the end of September. He raised $1.3 million from June to September — one of the GOP’s strongest Senate performances — and ended the quarter with $2.27 million cash on hand.Carnahan, who serves as Missouri’s secretary of state, raised $1.07 million in the quarter and has now banked $1.84 million.

Paul outpaces Grayson in Kentucky

Secretary of State Trey Grayson, the GOP establishment favorite in the open Kentucky Senate race, lagged well behind primary opponent Rand Paul in third-quarter fundraising.Grayson announced he raised $642,800 — despite getting fundraising support from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn in the quarter.

Grayson ended September with $1.18 million cash on hand.

His third-quarter total was dwarfed by Paul, who raised more than $1 million, much of it coming from online donors supportive of the presidential campaign of his father, Texas Rep. Ron Paul.